Sunday, November 11, 2018

Apartment Life #54


This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 20 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 20 years here in a weekly blog post.


Yesterday I noticed these two police cars at the end of my street. That's where I usually take Falcor for a walk. The police were yelling at everyone to go back inside. Then I noticed that the other end of my street was also blocked off and the police helicopter was flying over head. 


So down towards the other end of my street I noticed several police officers behind a shield, pointing their guns into the courtyard across the street. This is what it looked like from where I was standing at my apartment building without zooming in on my camera. 


These next pictures I zoomed in with my camera so I could see what they were doing. A lady across the street said that she heard gunshots earlier and called the police. When the police got here they chased the armed man into one of the apartments across the street. 



They blocked off both ends of the street.


The police stayed on my street for 5 hours. Another officer was in the courtyard across the street with a bullhorn and was trying to get the armed guy to come out of his apartment.


At one point the officers lined up and slowly made their way to one of the cars to clear it. No one was inside the car so they came back to where they had been standing. 


When I zoomed in I saw that they all had their guns drawn and were walking behind the guy holding the shield.


They were yelling at anyone who came out to look to go back into their apartments. I was far enough away that they didn't say anything to me at first but then people including myself started taking pictures and they didn't like that so they told everyone to go back inside. Ken kept going back out and kept being chased back in. One time the cop actually ran across the street and Ken came running back in the apartment.


At one point that entire building was evacuated except for one lady who was directly below the apartment he was in. 8 police officers with shields went to the downstairs apartment and safely got the woman out of her apartment. Then they evacuated the building on my side of the street directly across from them where all the people kept coming out to watch them. And the police chased everyone including myself back into our apartments. So all of these next pictures were taken from inside my bedroom window. 


More police showed up and blocked the street. Swat showed up and parked somewhere on another street that I couldn't see. Ken said he saw 2 Swat snipers on our apartment managers roof, pointing their rifles across the street.


They really didn't like that I kept taking pictures out of my bedroom window. They didn't seem to want anyone taking pictures. 


While the 2 cops were chasing people back in their apartments across the street. The cop that you can only see a shadow of on the left here was waving at me to get out of my bedroom window. Yeah, like that's gonna happen. Dude, I'm half way down the street, 3 courtyards away from where it's going on. You can't chase my ass out of my own window. I'm inside my apartment so you can kiss my ass. I just stayed there taking pictures and he walked away.


You can barely see see the police right next to the car there up against the wall but that's where they stayed for over an hour.


I went outside real fast when the SWAT truck pulled up on my street so I could get a picture of the truck. Then hightailed it back into my apartment before the cops saw me outside again because they started threatening to handcuff people if they didn't stay inside. I'm half a block away and they still kept telling all of us to get back in our apartments. It's not like the guy could shoot at us because there was another building between us and him. So the police just didn't want us out there watching and taking pictures. 

They stood around outside for hours before the armed man finally came out of his apartment and was arrested. He came out after Swat used a really loud flash bang that made a loud boom. Then half of the police left and the other half stayed around for another hour before everyone left.

Quite the exciting day we had yesterday. 


So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

52 comments:

  1. Yeah, no thanks. What a pain in the ass! Did the story make it onto the news?
    About a year ago some weirdo holed up in a house about a mile away from me and they wouldn't let anyone into or out of the neighborhood for more than an hour. We finally got details on our news that evening.

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  2. Aye yi yi! I think once SWAT showed up I would be hiding in the closet. Glad you're safe and the police got the guy without any further danger to everyone.

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    1. It was really something. I'm glad they got him without anyone getting hurt too.

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  3. YIKES! Sure sounds like a lot of stuff going on, and you have a pretty powerful camera. Thank goodness that guy didn't hurt anyone and it's all over. Hugs...RO

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    1. I'm glad they were able to get him alright.

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  4. Yeesh, all that was about one guy with a gun? You'd think they'd found an al-Qâ'idah cell armed to the teeth.

    The police generally don't like being photographed while in action, even in cases like this where they aren't doing anything questionable. It's a lost cause these day, though, with so many people having digital cameras or phones that can take pictures.

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    1. Oh it's not the first time I've made them mad by photographing them. Yeah, the guy apparently shot off a couple of rounds and that started the whole thing.

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  5. Wow, you sure had quite the party. Was the guy with the gun a real nut ball or something? Seems excessive, but then you can't be too careful with anyone with a gun I suppose. They sure didn't look happy you were taking their picture lol

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    1. They were not happy about being photographed. lol He was suicidal at least that's what the news said.

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  6. Man, that is so exciting! Love the Hummer- looking vehicle. Five hours with a man with a gun inside, crazy... Reminds me of when I was kid and the police had surrounded our house and told us all to get down, there was a stake out on our next door neighbor's, drug house. Quite an image for a kid to see.

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  7. That is just so crazy. Trapped in your own apartment for five hours.

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    1. It was crazy. Swat got it done fast though.

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  8. Dang, that's a lot of drama going on at your place!

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  9. Lol, you crack me up about the cop trying to tell you to get away from your own window! What would have happened if you had to leave for a dr appt or the airport?

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    1. They were letting people leave where the cones were set up on the other end of the street. Someone was sitting there in the truck to let people out.

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  10. OMG not the kind of excitement you want Mary!

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  11. Well, after reading your post, I think I prefer my piano player neighbor that's maddening our days with her piano practice - and not neighbors with guns or drugs.

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  12. Definitely know where the action is at. Crazy indeed!

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  13. Aaargh.
    The camera shy police bother me though. If they are just doing their job, and you are not putting yourself (or them) in danger...

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  14. Oh my goodness, just seeing all those guns waving around is scary enough for me and I'm a whole ocean away! Did you find out what the guy they wanted had actually done?

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    1. Yeah he got in a fight earlier and shot off a couple of rounds and then barricaded himself in his apartment after the cops got there.

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  15. Swat and helicopters and all!

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  16. I'm glad no one was hurt. What a weekend you've had!

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  17. Scary times! I hate that it went on for so long. Glad that everyone was okay though.

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  18. Sort of looked like my son neighborhood when I was visiting
    Coffee is on

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    1. It used to be a quiet neighborhood here.

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  19. What a nightmare! I'm glad that you're okay.

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    1. Thanks. It was enough excitement for the whole month.

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  20. Time to bust out the popcorn and watch the show! It's a full fledged drama going on over at your place!

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    1. There always seems to be something going on over there.

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  21. Oh my. Must have been so scary.

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  22. Wow! Your street definitely had a lot of excitement. Thank goodness no one was having a party or barbecue. Yikes! Glad the person finally came out. Definitely a wild day!
    ~Jess

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    1. It was so crazy. So many police over here.

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  23. I'm not sure I could handle the police being by my place all the time.

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    1. As long as they aren't coming to my door, I just watch and take pictures.

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  24. Oh my goodness!!!
    Thank goodness that guy didn't hurt anyone.

    Never a dull moment.

    All the best Jan

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  25. I'd hate being a cop that had to deal with your complex. Lordy! lol

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    1. LOL I know. I'm sure they all know about the nuts that live here. I just wanted a few pictures. lol

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